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Let the hunting begin
by Claudia Sonea

Apple's plans regarding the shifting of iPhones through out the entire European continent are remaining a mystery and turned out to be a hunt for most of mobile companies. Arun Sarin, Vodafone Group chief executive, confirmed the unspoken desire of all to sign a contract with Apple, but his company involvement was still not commented, until further announcement. However, Sarin said that European networks are 3G based, while Apple's device uses EDGE (also known as 2.5G) networks and they expect a change to happen. Lack of 3G support is emerging as one of the major market inhibitors and that is why the American company has to conform to the new demands. Although the wideband area coverage will be greater, there will be changes concerning the impact battery life on the sophisticated device. Analysts still don't know when the changes will occur, but the latest date given was March next year. Until then the hunt for the contract is on. Apple now seems set to favour a country-by-country distribution deal. I don't now about you, but to me this is way more than I was expecting, I'll keep my finger cross, so my mobile company gets the contract, I bet I'll have great advantages. So stay connected, surf a lot and keep in touch with the latest news.

related story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134796-pg,1/article.html

by Claudia Sonea for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

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